Stairway-truck



( No Model.)

J. W. WETMORE.

STAIRWAY TRUGK.

No. 269,248. Patented De0.19, 1882.,

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UNITED. STATES PATENT GFFICE.

JEROME W. WETMORE, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

STAI RWAY-TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,248, dated December19, 1882.

Application filed April 17, 1882. (No model.)

'[0 all whom ct may concern:

Be it known that I, JEROME W. WETMORE, acitizen of the United States,residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsyl- Vania,have invented a new and useful Stairway-Truck, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to improvements in stairway-trucks in which thelegs or standards holding up the frame are jointed, hinged, or pivotedat their attachments to the main frame.

The objects of my improvement are to have the jointed legs or standards,when the handles are raised, advance by means of a spring onto the nextstep and the truck advanced by motion on the pivot or hinge, the foot ofthe standard resting on the step. 1 attain these objects by themechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 isa vertical section of a pair of stairs, and, in the main, a side view ofthe truck and its load; Fig.2, the same View with the truck advanced andtwo new positions of the standard B assumed as the arms F are raised;Fig. 3, the vertical view of the truck; Fig. 4, vertical cross-sectionof the standards B through w m, Fig. 2; Fig. 5, enlarged side view ofthe standard B and its supportingblock A, Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 6, partialsection, like Fig. 4, showing a ditferent construction of the inort-isedblock A.

A is the supporting-block of the standard B. This is shown to be boltedonto F in Figs. 4., 5, and 6. a, Fig. 5, should be more at right anglesto the line of F.

a represents the oblique ends of the recess of A, in which the tenons ofB aresupported.

B is the main standard of the truck. It may be a parallelogram, as inFig. 4,.or crosspiece Bqnay be left out and thelegs B Balone lest on thestep.

0 represents the wheels of the truck on a shaft running in bearings on FF.

D is the ratchet-wheel; d, ratchet or pawl. D d is a safety device toassist the operator in preventing a backward motion.

a is a lever to lift the ratchet. This will be frame of the truck. Thefront side, Fig. 1, is

broken away near letter 6, so that the wheel,

ratchet-wheel, and pawl on the opposite side are seen. 4

9 represents the cross-pieces of frame; h, bars on which the load rests,with holes It to hold the pins n and stop 0.

t' is the coil-spring. This will draw the standard B forward when thehandles F are lifted and advance it, as shown by dotted lines, first tothe rise m and then onto the next step, I, until it strikes the side aof the mortise. Other springs may be used for this purpose. The springt'is detachable at its upper end, and is then attached to the. hook r,Fig. 1. The purpose of this is to enable the truck' to be used with orwithout a load to go down stairs. When so used the ratchetd may be outof gear.

0 is a block to hold the load in place; '1, detachable arms, locked instaples 0n theforward ends of F, Fig. 1. By these an assistant can helplift and draw the loaded truck.

q represents joints, which may be made in F, Fig. 1, so that the handlesmay be turned up to allow the truck to be turned on a stairway-landing;'r, hook to which the spring is fastened when the truck is used ingoingdown stairs. The truck may be taken down stairs and used incarrying a load down as follows: The upper end of the spring t isdetached from the position represented and reattached to the hook r,Fig. 1. Then .(the standard, left dotted line, resting on the third stepfrom the right, Fig. 2) when the truck is drawn back,

the pawl being out of the ratchet, wheel 0 will descend from the secondstep and rest on the third step, from the left, and when the handles Fare then lifted the spring will draw the standard balk onto the secondstep from the right.

p is a load on the truck.

O is a wheel and ratchet-Wheel on the has of the standard. The rightside of this, Fig.

hinged handles F on the truck, substantially as described, for thepurpose specified.

4. The stairway truck, when constructed with the standard, spring,ratchet-wheel, and pawl combined, substantially as described.

JEROME W. WETMORE.

5, is the front side. This wheel would be convenient for carrying withthe truck on a level.

What I claim is 1. The pivoted standard B, in combination with thespring z. substantially as described.

2. The spring '5, detached from the frame F and attached to it behind B,for the-purposes specified, substantially as described.

3. The hinged or movable arms 0; and the.

Witnesses:

WM. P. HAYES, WALTER ScoT'r.

